Dick Brown

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 176lb (188cm, 79kg)

Born: January 17, 1935 in Shinnston, WV us

Died: April 17, 1970 in Baltimore, MD

Buried: Pinecrest Cemetery, Lake Worth, FL

High School: Holy Name HS (Lake Worth, FL)

School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)

Debut: June 20, 1957 (Age 22-154d, 11,454th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1965 (Age 30-259d)
vs. CLE 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1957 season

Full Name: Richard Ernest Brown

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Relatives: Brother of Larry Brown

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.9

1866

455

.244

175

RBI

223

OBP

.291

SLG

.380

OPS

.671

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	W,7-5	GS	20	4.0	4	1	1	6	1	C
2	6 (1)	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
3	7	Apr 21	CLE	@	KCA	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
4	9 (1)	Apr 23	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	15	1	1	17	1	C
5	13 (3)	Apr 27	CLE		DET	L,5-9	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	15 (1)	May 1	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	C
7	17 (1)	May 3	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	52	12.2	7	1	0	8	0	C
8	19 (1)	May 4 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	51	11.1	8	2	0	10	0	C
9	20	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	22 (1)	May 10	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
11	23	May 11 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
12	26 (2)	May 14	CLE	@	DET	W,9-8	GS	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
13	27	May 15	CLE	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
14	28	May 16	CLE		CHW	L,3-6	GS	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
15	29	May 17	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
16	31 (1)	May 18 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,10-6	GS	13	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
17	32	May 20	CLE		BOS	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	36 (3)	May 24	CLE		WSH	L,3-6	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
19	37	May 25 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
20	38	May 25 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
21	40 (1)	May 28	CLE		BAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
22	42 (1)	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	KCA	L,6-7	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	46 (3)	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-5	GF	26	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH C
24	47	Jun 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	48	Jun 6	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
26	49	Jun 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	50	Jun 8 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,14-1	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
28	51	Jun 8 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
29	52	Jun 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
30	53	Jun 10	CLE	@	BAL	W,10-2	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
31	56 (2)	Jun 13	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
32	58 (1)	Jun 15 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	GF	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
33	59	Jun 15 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	GF	11	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
34	60	Jun 17	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
35	63 (2)	Jun 21	CLE		WSH	L,7-11	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	C
36	64	Jun 22 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
37	66 (1)	Jun 24	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	GF	14	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	73 (6)	Jul 1	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	31	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
39	74	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,6-1	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
40	80 (5)	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	GF	5	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
41	81	Jul 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
42	82	Jul 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
43	83	Jul 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
44	84	Jul 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	32	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
45	92 (7)	Jul 22 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
46	95 (2)	Jul 25	CLE		NYY	L,0-6	GF	26	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	105 (9)	Aug 3 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
48	110 (4)	Aug 10 (2)	CLE		KCA	L,2-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
49	114 (3)	Aug 13 (2)	CLE		DET	L,2-3		5	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
50	116 (1)	Aug 15	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
51	118 (1)	Aug 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	119	Aug 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	122 (2)	Aug 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
54	123	Aug 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-1	GS	17	3.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	131 (7)	Sep 1 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
56	133 (1)	Sep 3	CLE		KCA	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
57	136 (2)	Sep 6	CLE		CHW	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
58	137	Sep 7	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	GS	24	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
59	140 (2)	Sep 12	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
60	147 (6)	Sep 20 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
61	149 (1)	Sep 23	CLE	@	KCA	W,7-5	GS	0	6.0	0	0	1	1	0
62	151 (1)	Sep 26	CLE		DET	W,5-4	GS	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							62gm		419.0	281	24	4	309	6